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  1. Ability to turn off automatic population of DataContext with each query run

    Sometimes it's very time-consuming for LINQPad to automatically repopulate the schema/datacontext with each run of a query. It would be great if there were a manual refresh mode, with the option to manually refresh the schema. (I'd even be able to live without the ability to trigger a refresh in a Query window, as the workaround presumably would be to save and reload the query, or to clone it.)

    Great product. I purchased autocomplete I love this thing so much, but I'd love it more with this feature.

    Thanks!

    4 votes
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  2. this feature ,it will better

    i like this tool,if have this feature i think it will better:
    add a expand/collapse button with west panel,can drag to east panel,and west panel's north panel(connection to sql) with south panel all in one tabpanel
    Like the VS 's winodw toolkit!
    --i am a chinese,in china no way to buy this book,how can i buy the book 4.0,thankyou
    --sorry ,my English very poor

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  3. Control-E / Cntl-E to run a query (same as SMSS)

    Pretty simple - lets me keep my hands closer to the money spot on the keyboard. I find F5 to be disrupting to my keyboard position.

    3 votes
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  4. Autocomplete for SQL

    I use LINQPad as a replacement for SMSS and would LOVE the Autocomplete to work for SQL (e.g. type "SELECT Orders." and upon typing the "." character all of the fields of Orders should up in intellisense).

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  5. Append to querystring

    Great stuff, I'm using it to test a REST service - but it requires a querystring parameter for the apikey. It would be great to have a collection of querystring params that are appended to the url.

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  6. LINQ to SharePoint 2010

    Support for the new SharePoint 2010 Microsoft.SharePoint.Linq.DataContext would be awesome!

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  7. Add "Raw" view for OData responses

    When working with OData data services, it would be nice to have the option of viewing the raw HTTP responses (including headers and HTTP response codes)

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  8. Alias tables to "var names"

    When I copy/paste from Visual Studio to LINQPad (and back) I have to rename all the table variables to the real table names.
    If I could alias a table, e.g. "Products" into "myProductsTable" the transition from VS to LP would be smooth.

    3 votes
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  9. Support Copy & Paste from LINQPad to Google Docs Spreadsheet

    Currently when mulitple columns of data are copied from LINQPad and pasted to a Google Spreadsheet they result in a single column of data, whereas pasting to Excel preserves the columns.

    Supporting Google Spreadsheets would save us Google Apps/Docs users from the extra step of copying or exporting to Excel.

    4 votes
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  10. Add the ability to display an object as a binary dump

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  11. Allow database connection to be disconnected.

    I have a lot of database connections that contain a lot of databases. This means my database drop down contains a lot of databases.

    It would be nice to be able to put the connection in a disconnected state and the databases in that connection would not show up in the database list.

    Then you would be able to "reconnect" or "enable" the connection and the database would be available again.

    This way I can leave all my connection configured and only "enable" or "connect" to the database that I need to work with.

    12 votes
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  12. Add preference for disabling of automatic creation of default query template after typing 'from'

    When I am creating a query as soon as I type 'from' and press tab, a default query template is automatically inserted into the editor for me. I would like to have a preference added that would allow the disabling of this behavior similar to the existing 'Enable lambda snippets on query operators' preference. Thanks.

    3 votes
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  13. Use LinqPad as Immediate or Watch window (Debug) in VS

    I want to be able to debug using Linq and lambda expressions. I`m missing this very much in VS

    21 votes
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  14. Search/filter by table or column name

    For databases with hundreds of tables, it would be great to filter tables and columns by having a textbox at the top of the connection panel. As you type, it would autofilter the currently selected connection.

    131 votes
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  15. add support for assisting in building regular expressions

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  16. .linqbat

    Allow to create files with the .linqbat extension and the ability to run them in the command line or double clicking them without opening the full LINQPad UI.

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  17. Organize Connections Into Folders

    Would be nice to be able to organize my connections into folders like "Dev", "Test", "Prod", or by focus, like "Reporting", "Web", "Internal", etc.

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  18. Add support for calling CLR Stored Procedures that are already defined on a database

    Fairly self explanatory. If a CLR Stored Procedure is defined on a database, I should be able to call it from LinqPad. As of now, they don't show up in the tree and I can't call it directly.

    6 votes
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  19. put "X" to close a tab in the tab itself, like VS2010

    Like the change from VS2008 to VS2010, the "X" icon to close a file is on the right-hand side of the tab (at least for western languages)

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  20. Add Dump to ExpandoObject

    'System.Dynamic.ExpandoObject' does not contain a definition for 'Dump'

    Can this be added? (Is it possible?)

    12 votes
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